Spelling mistakes are usually a common occurrence in court petitions but in a rather unusual incident,the Bombay High Court recently dismissed a habeas corpus petition as the petitioner misspelt habeas as hobbies.

The petitioner asked for a hobbies corpus writ in the wake of alleged illegal detention of his daughter. When the matter came up before a division bench of Justice S B Mhase and Justice Amjad Sayed,the court asked the counsel as to what writ the petitioner wanted since the petition read hobbies corpus.

The counsel contended that it was a spelling mistake after which the court directed the petitioner to correct the mistake.

The court observed,The counsel was not in a position to correct the mistake and he could not even pronounce the correct writ which was desired to be issued by the court.

Dismissing the petition the court observed,Since the remedy claimed for is not available with the court,the petition is rejected.